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Jeff McMahan

Jeff McMahan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and author of Killing in War and The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life. 

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The Moral Responsibility of Volunteer Soldiers

Traditional just war theory has it wrong. Soldiers are morally culpable for fighting in unjust wars, and thus deserve the option of selective conscientious objection.

Jeff McMahan

Response: Moral Wounds — Final Response

Killing in the service of unjust aims.

Jeff McMahan
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